In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Sakae Ōsugi
Japanese anarchist (1885–1923).
Born January 17th, 1885 in Marugame.
Died September 16th, 1923 at 38 years old in Tokyo.
Ugo Sivocci
Racecar driver (1885–1923).
Born August 29th, 1885 in Salerno.
Died September 8th, 1923 at 38 years old in Monza.
Théophile Seyrig
French-belgian engineer (1843–1923).
Born February 19th, 1843 in Berlin.
Died July 5th, 1923 at 80 years old in France.
Henry Markham
Governor of california (1840-1923).
Born November 16th, 1840 in Wilmington.
Died October 9th, 1923 at 82 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Arthur Gordon Webster
American physicist (1863-1923).
Born November 28th, 1863 in Brookline. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1923 at 59 years old in Worcester (gunshot wound).
Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois
French painter (1852-1923).
Born May 18th, 1852 in Pusey. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1923 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Hristo Smirnenski
Bulgarian writer (1898–1923).
Born September 17th, 1898 in Kilkis.
Died June 18th, 1923 at 24 years old in Sofia (tuberculosis).
Howdy Wilcox
American racing driver (1889–1923).
Born June 24th, 1889 in Crawfordsville.
Died September 4th, 1923 at 34 years old in Tyrone (car collision).
Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German duke (1852-1923).
Born September 19th, 1852 in Ludwigslust.
Died May 17th, 1923 at 70 years old in Ludwigslust.
Victor Maurel
French opera singer (1848-1923).
Born June 17th, 1848 in Marseille.
Died October 22nd, 1923 at 75 years old in New York City.
Alois Rašín
Czech economist and politician (1867-1923).
Born October 18th, 1867 in Nechanice. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1923 at 55 years old in Podolí (gunshot wound). [ref]
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
American politician (1856-1923).
Born April 22nd, 1856 in Rusk.
Died April 1st, 1923 at 66 years old in Galveston.
Édouard Stephan
French astronomer (1837–1923).
Born August 31st, 1837 in Niort.
Died December 31st, 1923 at 86 years old in Marseille.
Rosita Mauri
Catalan dancer and ballet teacher.
Born November 15th, 1856 in Reus. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1923 at 67 years old in Paris.
Tomás Bretón
Spanish conductor and composer (1850-1923).
Born December 29th, 1850 in Salamanca. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1923 at 72 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Fidel Pagés
Spanish author, the pioneer of lumbar epidural anaesthesia (1886–1923).
Born January 26th, 1886 in Huesca. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1923 at 37 years old in Quintanapalla (traffic collision). [ref]
Charles Clermont-Ganneau
French orientalist and archaeologist (1846–1923).
Born February 19th, 1846 in Paris.
Died February 15th, 1923 at 76 years old in Paris. [ref]
Joseph DeCamp
American artist (1858-1923).
Born November 5th, 1858 in Cincinnati.
Died February 11th, 1923 at 64 years old in Boca Grande.
Józef Bilczewski
Polish roman catholic archbishop, professor of theology and blessed (1850-1923).
Born April 26th, 1860 in Wilamowice.
Died March 20th, 1923 at 62 years old in Lviv (pernicious anemia).
Ernest Normand
British artist (1857-1923).
Born December 30th, 1857 in London.
Died March 23rd, 1923 at 65 years old in London.
François Flameng
French painter (1856-1923).
Born December 6th, 1856 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 28th, 1923 at 66 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (diabetes).
Michel Théato
Luxembourgian marathon dunner (1878–1923).
Born March 22nd, 1878 in Luxembourg.
Died April 2nd, 1923 at 45 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ
French painter (1842-1923).
Born June 10th, 1842 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1923 at 80 years old in Paris.
Semyon Alapin
Russian chess player (1856-1923).
Born November 5th, 1856 in Vilnius.
Died July 15th, 1923 at 66 years old in Heidelberg.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 277
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht